During last October, the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has posted losses of EGP 11.8 billion as the capital market has reached EGP 393.870 billion during October 31st's closing session, compared to EGP 405.747 billion by September 30th's closing session. The Egyptian Exchange's benchmark – EGX30 pushed down by 2.16% to 5696 pts. The mid- and small-cap index, the EGX70 fell by 5.03% to 536 pts. Price Index EGX100 retreated by 4.99% to 879 pts. Through October, the traded volume reached around 3.310 million securities worth EGP 14.7 billion , exchanged through 589 thousand transactions. On the contrary, September had witnessed traded volume reached 5.075 million securities worth EGP 24.8 billion, exchanged through 920 thousand transactions. For the Egyptian bourse for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – NILEX, it has traded volume through October of 6.2 million securities worth EGP 25.8 million, exchanged through 3.404 transactions. Investors' Activity: Local investors led the market activity through October, seizing 78.96% of the total market; while Arabs and the non-Arab foreigners seized 7.23% and 13.80%, respectively of the total market after excluding the deals. The non-Arab foreigners and Arabs were net buyers in October, with a net equity of EGP 85.70 million and EGP 188.51 million respectively, excluding the deals. It is worth noting that since the beginning of 2012, the Arabs and the non-Arab foreigners' selling net equities had hit EGP 3.777 million and EGP 1.291 million respectively, after excluding the deals. Institutions seized in October 41.41% of the total market; while individuals seized 58.59%. Institutions were net buyers with a net equity of EGP 277.73 million, after excluding the deals.
